Watch what you put on trailer hitches

AP via Tri City Herald ^ | January 15th, 2008 | BOB LEWIS

[llevrok]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) It's one thing to dangle fuzzy dice from a rear view mirror, but decorating a trailer hitch with a large pair of rubber testicles might be a bit much in Virginia.

State Del. Lionel Spruill introduced a bill Tuesday to ban displaying replicas of human genitalia on vehicles, calling it a safety issue because it could distract other drivers.

Under his measure, displaying the ornamentation on a motor vehicle would be a misdemeanor punishable by a maximum fine of $250.

He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it.

"'I didn't know what to tell her,'" Spruill said the constituent told him before Spruill vowed to stop such displays.

"I said, 'Sir, I'm going to be a laughingstock, but I'm going to do it,'" he said.

The Virginia General Assembly has some experience with offbeat bills. Three years ago, it drew widespread attention with an unsuccessful effort to outlaw baggy pants worn so low they expose underwear.

Spruill, 61, said the indignity of the "droopy drawers" debate wouldn't deter him. He said he won't hesitate to bring a set of $24.95 trailer testicles with him for a legislative show-and-tell.

"I'm going to do it," Spruill told a handful of reporters after Tuesday's House session adjourned. "I'm going to bring them out here and show them to you till they tell me to stop."

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

I’m surprised there is not some existing law or regulation that covers this.

I suppose then, that absent some new law, there is no legal complaint to be made if your neighbor decides to mount a giant penis on the front of his car as a hood ornament, or make his mailbox in the form of a large vagina. I don’t see how those situations are any different.

With those giant dangling testicles, there must be a big pr!ck that goes with them, and usually he is sitting in the driver’s seat.

[llevrok]

I’d love to hang a pair on Hitlery’s campaign bus!

[Nervous Tick]

>> I’m sure “Einstein” is making a fine living off his hanging nut sack.

Whatever you think of the idea, you’ll have to agree it took a lotta balls to leave his day job and get into that business.

:-)

[kingu]

Sure, seen it several times, especially around the Corona area in SoCal. As for it being over the line, do you desire to mandate that horses, bulls, dogs, cats etc wear pants? Personally, I'd rather suggest less reason to let the government regulate our every behavior. If they offend, don't look.

[najida]

LOL!

[return to sender]

Ha, I like that one - don’t look. Wish I had a choice!!

[mnehring]

The first time I saw these I almost got into an accident I was laughing so hard.

[MotleyGirl70]

I’m sure he invested all his savings to start this business but it’s obvious he didn’t sell the family jewels.

[coop71]

Sigh. Technically, they aren’t testicles. The offending item is called a “scrotum”. A scrotum holds the testicles. I can go on, but I think most folks here know what I’m saying.

Geez, these people need some basic sex education!

[llevrok]

Geez, these people need some basic sex education!

All should be sacked.

[coop71]

Ding ding ding! We have a winner. Yours should be post of the day.

Now, you owe me a new monitor.

[Welsh Rabbit]

He said the idea came from a constituent whose young daughter spotted an example of the trail hitch adornment and asked her father to explain it.
"'I didn't know what to tell her,'" Spruill said

I'd tell my daughter what it was. Then I would explain why it is considered tacky and vulgar to most people, the assumptions people make about the owner of such a decoration, and the importance of conducting yourself with class and dignity if you want to make a good impression on those around you.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[llevrok]

Smoking crack?

[trussell]

My daughter saw these on a truck in the parking lot and said they looked disgusting. I told her to just ignore them, and she hasn’t mentioned it since.

Just because my daughter thinks they look gross doesn’t give us the right to tell others they can’t have them.

[MGBGUN]

OK, I hate to admit I have this much knowledge on this subject but here goes........I live in SE Texas and the ..uh...dangling bumper ornament is not supposed to represent human organs. Most of the “ornaments” are on ranchers or farmers trucks (most likely their sons) and are supposed to represent a bull scrotum. Bull scrotums can even be found in the local boot store, coated with polyurethane, suspended by rawhide from a small,wooden tripod and filled with candy. Help yo-self.

[Marie]

I was going to point out the same thing. They're *bulls'* testicles... not Bill's testicles.

Must be a Texas thing.

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

Have you actually seen this? I doubt it. It is over the line.,
Sigh.
Truckers originated this. They are replicas of Bull's balls, NOT human. Bull haulers (livestock haulers)originated it (they used to be real, not plastic,hung from the trailer's rear DOT bar,bumper))Now available in all truck stops, in all sizes and colors. Bull haulers also hang chrome cow bells from their running boards. Are the dang four wheelers gonna copy that, now ,too?